Animal holder



March 11, 1941. W, Hl CARTER 2,234,366

ANIMAL HOLDER ATTORNEYS.

March 11, 1941. w. H. CARTER 2,234,366

ANIMAL HOLDER Filed Feb. 10, 1940 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 2 /JlY z g 2 g J A TTORN E YS.

Patented Mar. 11, 1941 UNITED STATES PATENT O'I'VUITICEv 2,234,366 Y ANIMAL HOUDER Wesley Hall Carter, Sulphur, Okla.

Application February 10, 1940, Serial No. $8,358

2 Claims.

animal holder wherein the cooperating jaws operate, and are manipulated by an operator, by a simple but novel arrangement of parts.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the present invention appertains.

With the above and other objects in View, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement oi parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise ,embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, may be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 shows in front elevation, an animal holder constructed in accordance with the invention; Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1, but showing the jaws closed;

Fig. 4 is a. transverse section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a transverse section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 3.

In carrying out the invention, there is provided a frame F, including a short vertical standard and a long vertical standard 2, the standards being disposed in parallel relation, the standard 2 extending upwardly to a greater height than the standard I. The standards and 2 are connected :by an upper cross piece 3, intermediate cross pieces 4 and 5, and a lower cross piece 6. The cross pieces 3, 4, 5 and 6 are secured to the rear portions of the standards and 2, and, therefore, may be denominated rear cross pieces.

A forward cross piece 'I is located in front of the cross piece 4 and has its ends secured to the standards and 2. Intermediate its ends, the cross piece I is connected to the cross piece 4 by a spacer 9, shown in Fig. 4. A cross piece 8 is located in front of the cross piece 5 and has its ends connected to the standards I and 2.

(ci. 11e-9s) Intermediate its ends, the 'cross' piece 8 is 'secured to the cross piece 5 by a supporting and reinforcing `leg I0, which 'extends downwardly as far as the standards "I 'and 2 extend 'in that direction. The leg I5 is secured tothe lower Across piece 6.

By means of securing elementsA Il, the ends of the cross pieces 4 and 5 are attached to vertical posts I2, having their lower ends mounted in the ground. In order to permit the ready insertion of the securing elements II, the cross pieces I and 8 are made shorter than the cross pieces 4 and 5, respectively.

Guideways I4 exist between the cross piece 1 and the cross piece 4 (Fig. 4) on opposite sides of the spacer 9, and between the cross' piece 8 and the cross piece 5 (Fig. 5) on opposite sides of the upper end of the leg I0.

Elongated rod-like jaws l5 are mounted to move longitudinally and transversely in the guideways I4. Downwardly inclined links I6 are provided, and are disposed in pairs, the standards 2 and I, and the jaws I5 being disposed between the links of each pair. The lower ends of the links I6 are pivoted at |'I to the jaws I5, and the upper ends of the links are pivoted at I8 to the standards I and 2.

Rigid, upwardly converging connectors I9 are supplied. The lower ends of the connectors I9 are pivoted to the upper ends of the jaws I5. The upper ends of the connectors I9v have a common pivotal mounting 2,0 on the inner end of an oiset lever 2|,A ful-crurned intermediate its ends, at 22, on the upper end of the standard 2, and provided at its outer end with a ring 25. One of the securing elements I| holds a cleat 23 on the end portion of the intermediate cross piece 5. A flexible member 24 is attached to the ring 25 and is adaptedto be engaged with the cleat 23. Any mechanical equivalent for the exible inember 24 and the cleat 23 may be substituted.

The jaws I5 and associated parts are heavy enough so that they tend to move downwardly, raising the outer end of the lever 2|, and forming, as shown in Fig. l, between the cross pieces 'I and 8, an opening 26 for the reception of the neck of an animal. When the lever 2| is swung down to the position of Fig. 3, the links I6 cause the jaws I5 to hold the animal from the side of the neck, instead of by the throat, and the jaws may be maintained in a holding position determined bythe size of the animals neck, by engaging the flexible member 24 with the cleat 23.

In the event that it is desired to decrease the size of the opening 23, vertically considered, this can be done by means of a rigid, removable retainer 21, extended across the jaws l5 and connected to the standards I and 2 by hook bolts 28. The retatiner A2'l can be adjusted up or down, or be removed, at the will of an operator.

The device is not a barn stanchion, but is a means for holding a domestic animal securely under conditions which demandthat the animal be so held..

What is claimed is:

1. An animal holder comprising upright standards, upper front and rear cross members connected to opposite sides of the standards, lower front and rear cross members connected to opposite sides of the standards, a ground-engaging leg having its upper end secured between the lower cross members, a bottom bar connectedintermediately :to the leg and secured at its ends to the standards, cooperating jaws mounted t0 move vertically and laterally between the front and rear cross members, on opposite sides of the leg, links pivoted to the jaws and to the standvards, and means under the control of an operator for raising the jaws, to close them.

2An animal holder comprising upright standbetween the front and rear cross members, links .pivoted at their inner ends to the jaws and at their-outer ends to the standards, means under the control of an operator for raising the jaws and causing them to close, the jaws being heavy enough to overcome the weight of said means and cause the jaws to open,- a retainer disposed between the upper cross pieces on the one hand and the lower crss pieces on :the other hand, and means for attaching the retainer to the standards removably and for vertical adjustment.

WESLEY HALL CARTER, 

